Veteran Kenneth Jaeger Returns Home From Overseas Duty
Kenneth Jaeger arrived home from more than two years in Africa and Italy with discharge papers on Friday September 14 at Fort Sheridan. He is son of Fred Jaeger of Detroit and spent much of his life with his uncle Ernest Jaeger and his brother Jimmie. He plans GI Bill funded training continuing a service begun. His 21 day voyage from Italy ended in New York on September 10.
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Kenneth Jaeger
Yager
Africa
Italy
Fort Sheridan
Kenneth
Fred Jaeger
Detroit
Ernest Jaeger
Jimmie
New York
High School Class of 1939 and Service Moves Mentioned
The notice lists graduates and family moves including Paul Lambarth of Truax Field Madison Wisconsin visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Lam Lambarth Dale Hirth of Saline Class of 1945 has completed aviation radioman course at Memphis Naval center and entered Gunner school in Jacksonville Fla Daryl Deede and Frank Deede are noted with a few days spent at home Robert Gebhardt is en route to a new station in Seattle from overseas with details of families and graduation notes from Saline High School.
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Pfe
Paul Lambarth
Truax Field
Madison, Wis
Lam Lambarth
Dale Hirth, S Ic
Naval Air Technician Training Center
Memphis
Tenn
Naval Air Gunner’s School
Jacksonville
Fla
Dale
Raymond Hirth
Saline High School
Daryl Deede
Robert Gebhardt
Frank Deede
Sa New Station
Seattle
Wash
Brothers in service and discharge in Army careers
Fri day in New Orleans marked a commis sion into the Transportation Corps for a man who also has a brother in the Air Corps on Okinawa. S/Sgt Raymond B. Larmee, husband of Esther L. Scheldt, is discharged and returning to 11108 Macon road after 40 months in service at Robins Field Georgia. He was an auto mechanic in Ann Arbor before enlisting.
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Transportation Corps
New Orleans
Lawrence
Air Corps
Okinawa
Ft. McPherson
Raymond B. Larmee
Esther L. Scheldt
Macon Road
Robins Field
Warner Robins Air Technical Service Command
Ann Arbor
Discharged Soldier LeRoy Feldkamp Home From War
LeRoy Feldkamp arrived home on Sunday September 9 with an honorable discharge after four years seven months and nineteen days in the Army including 22 months overseas in the Pacific theater. He fought in New Guinea the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines and traveled home on a Dutch Victory Ship landing in New York via the Panama Canal. He is a Tech Sgt in recon with multiple ribbons and medals and was welcomed by his 18 month old daughter Carolyn. His brother Rudolph served in Europe and both returned home within a month of each other. The piece notes Michigan politics and veteran affairs postwar as the 1946 campaign shapes up with potential GOP nominees and veteran advocacy.
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LeRoy Feldkamp
New Guinea
Dutch East Indies
Philippines
Manila
San Francisco
Honolulu
New York
Panama Canal
Nassau Island
Pacific
LeRoy
Buffalo
Canada
Port Huron
Fort Sheridan
Tech
Carolyn
Selective Service
Pearl Harbor
Rudolph
Veterans Q and A on pay and benefits for servicemen
Answers from a Washington based service column cover mustering out pay totaling 300 dollars for an honorable discharge, service disability ratings, burial at sea procedures, differences between merchant marine and maritime service, GI loan limits for farm purchases, pay for a second lieutenant in paratroops, reporting to the draft board on return home, field artillery service battery role, and separate GI loan eligibility for husband and wife veterans. The piece includes guidance on costs, eligibility, and reporting requirements.
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Washington Bureau of National Weekly Service
Eye St. N
Washington, D. C
Lockport. A
Veterans Administration
U. S. Navy
Merchant Marine
Maritime Service
United States Merchant Marine
Great Lakes
United
States Maritime Service
Merchant Marine Act
Merchant Marine Organization
Army
Navy
G.I. Guaranty
G.I
War Department
Josephs Testimony to Gods Providence in Genesis
A devotional noting Joseph's emotional restraint and forgiveness after revealing his identity to his brothers. It highlights how God overruling human actions brings preservation, with Joseph guiding his family to Goshen during famine and reuniting with Benjamin as tears overcome restraint.
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Joseph
Judah
Jacob
Benjamin
Egypt
Goshen
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Bruersea
Dot
Michigan Ave
A. Clark
Fair
Michigan
Vernon J. Brown
Friends
Herman Dignan
Dignan
Brown
G.O.P
George Higgins
Ferndale
Ivan Johnson
Clemens
Eugene B. Keyes
Dearborn
James Milliken
Traverse City
Howard Nugent
Bad Axe
House of Representatives
Tom Reed
Don VanderWerp
Senate
Finantée Committee
Kelly Administration
Fund For Veterans
Office of Veterans’ Affairs
Philip Pack
Robert H. Harper
Edison
The
Detroit Edison Co
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